Finley Enneking and Aiden Baum enjoy a ride on the Sky Glider at the 2012 Iowa State Fair. / Register file photo

Donny Schatz won the 2012 Knoxville Nationals. / Register file photo

Make your way to the Iowa State Fair

Today through Aug. 18 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, East 30th Street and East University Avenue. $11 adults, $5 for ages 6-11 and kids 5 and under get in free.

Enjoy 11 days of food, rides, music and big boars at the Iowa State Fair, 7 a.m.-1 a.m. daily. It features everything from duck calling contests and art competitions to lumberjack shows and fried foods galore. The grounds are open 7 a.m.-1 a.m. daily. $11. Go to www.iowastatefair.org.

Get your sweet corn fix in Adel

Starting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in downtown Adel. Free to attend.

Synonymous with Iowa summers is homegrown sweet corn. Celebrate this tasty crop at the Adel Sweet Corn Festival, beginning with a parade on Main Street. Then get in line for some (free!) sweet corn, which will be handed out starting at 11 a.m. Relax with free music all day and night, including Brother Trucker and Throwing Toast.

Owl City plays Nitefall on Friday

7 p.m. Friday at Simon Estes Amphitheater, 75 E. Locust St. $25 at the door or $22 in advance through www.ticketfly.com.

Adam Young, the multi-instrumentalist behind the electronic act Owl City spends his life touring large cities, but he’s a small town boy at heart. Born in Centerville, Ia., Young still makes his home base in Owatonna, Minn. Owl City broke through in 2007 after Young uploaded songs to the social media website MySpace that he had recorded in his parents’ basement. In 2009 Young had his first No. 1 with “Fireflies.”

Fulfill the need for speed at Knoxville Nationals

Drive on over to the 53rd annual Knoxville Nationals sprint-car races. More than 100 drivers from around the world will compete for a $1 million purse. The four days include live music by acts like Damon Dotson and Sweet Baby Ray, meet and greets with drivers and lots of racing. Go to www.knoxvilleraceway.com.